I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 496 Fierce Competition
The Mongols have always chosen the strength of the tribe as their leader.

Although after more than a hundred years of development in the Yuan Dynasty, this tradition has not been abandoned. After they were driven back to the grassland, the struggle between the tribes never stopped.

Since ancient times, grassland peoples have had the custom of worshiping wolves.

Whether it is celebrating a good harvest or going out to fight a war, there are always activities to worship the Longevity Heaven and the Wolf God.

Among them, wolves with silver fur were regarded as the incarnation of the wolf god because of their rarity.

Legend has it that as long as you see the silver wolf, you will definitely be blessed by the Longevity Heaven.

The statue that is the finale of the auction tonight was specially commissioned by Li Tian to make it according to the Mongolian tradition.

In order to achieve a sufficiently shocking effect, the craftsman in charge of the production even found a few old Mongolian people who had been sinicized, and asked them in detail about the legend of Shenshan and Silver Wolf.

Li Tian didn't believe that the Mongols would not be interested in such a peerless orphan with a sacred mountain and a silver wolf.

It's just that such a statue with special significance is actually very difficult to arouse the interest of the wealthy people in the Central Plains. If there is only one Oara among the Mongols present, then Li Tian's thought will probably not get any return.

Simply, today there are not only people from the Oara tribe, but also people from the Tatar tribe.

In addition, there were several people present at Duoyan Sanwei, who nominally belonged to Daming.

Speaking of this, I have to mention what is Duoyan Sanwei.

This actually starts with Mr. Zhu Yuanzhang Zhu.

After the Mongols were defeated and returned to the grassland, in order to prevent the Ming Dynasty's army from pressing down on the border, the Mongols living near Heilongjiang in later generations organized an army of 20 to block the Ming Dynasty's attack.

Such a large army has caused great trouble to the Ming Dynasty's subsequent encirclement and suppression of the Yuan people.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Lanyu, Fu Youde and others to lead an army of 20 to detour to Qingyu (later Bahrain Right Banner in Inner Mongolia) to besiege the Nahachu tribe in one fell swoop, forcing Nahachu to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

Then in the 21st year of Hongwu, Lan Yu led his army to defeat the Mongolian Khan Togus Timur at that time, so that the remnants of Mongolia had to flee westward.

A series of military self-interests made the real Mongols in western Liaoning a soft-shelled turtle, and sooner or later they might be wiped out by Mingjiao.

In addition, the territory of western Liaoning was not peaceful. The Jurchen, Khitan and other ethnic groups who had been oppressed by the Mongols all began to resist the oppression of the Mongols when they saw the dawn of resistance.

This made the Mongols in Western Liaoxi, facing constant external and internal difficulties, finally surrendered to Daming, accepted Daming's royal title, and surrendered to Daming in name.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty at that time did not implement a stable rule over them.

This gave them a chance to recuperate. Later, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the Arutai tribe rose and the power of the Mongols recovered.

Arutai relied on its close relationship with the Horqin tribe, a large Mongolian tribe in western Liaoning, to win over most of the Mongolians in western Liaoning to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that not all the Mongols in western Liaoning are willing to continue to follow Alutai and make five northern expeditions in Zhudi.

After more or less victories have been achieved to a certain extent, the tribes in the western Liaoning region that are still loyal to Arutai have almost been wiped out.

It was at this time that Liaoxi Mongolia officially established a strong relationship with Daming, forming the later Duoyan Sanwei.

Since the Ming Dynasty has always mainly attacked the Arutai tribe representing the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, the Tatars, and the Mongols of Duoyan Sanwei have not been attacked by the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, they are located on the banks of the Heilongjiang River, which is known as the White Mountains and Black Waters in later generations, known as the "Small Jiangnan in the North", and the Greater Khingan Mountains area with unique living conditions.

In fact, the wealth of the Duoyan Sanwei Mongols is no worse than that of the Alutai tribe with the Mongolian Yuan Royal Court, and even surpasses it.

Duoyan Sanwei, after taking refuge in the Ming Dynasty, was attacked by the Arutai tribe many times.

So the relationship between the two parties has always been very tense.

When the big man shouted that he wanted to get the statue of the wolf Xiaoyue, Duoyan Sanwei, who is also a descendant of Genghis Khan, was not happy.

Why, this thing must belong to you, we are also qualified to fight for it.

Several burly men from Duoyan Sanwei stood up and confronted the burly man with rounded eyes.

"It's not that easy to welcome the return of the wolf god!"

The big man from the Tatar tribe turned red in anger when he saw that the person who blocked him was also a Mongolian.

"You traitors, what face do you have to claim to be the descendants of Genghis Khan? You don't deserve the blessing of the Wolf God and the Longevity Heaven at all!"

"Let's stop talking nonsense, this is the treasure competition conference, if we want to get this treasure, we should rely on our own abilities!"

"Okay, let's see how much capital you have to compete with me. I will offer 1 taels!"

Although Mongolia at this time still retains the various official systems of the royal court of the Yuan Dynasty, it has actually returned to the state of grazing and hunting as it did more than a hundred years ago.

Wealth such as gold and silver is actually not much, and more wealth is things such as flocks of cattle, sheep and horses.

Don't look at this big man asking for [-] yuan when he came up, in fact, the money is already equivalent to a small half of the funds he can mobilize.

But the Duoyan Sanwei are different, because they have a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and the court is in their various places.

Official positions have been set up and a lot of trading ports have been opened to them, which makes the wealth in the hands of Duoyan Sanwei far exceed that of the big man.

Several people looked at each other and smiled, and quoted a high price that drove the big man a little crazy.

"2 taels!"

The big man was very angry, but he thought that if this thing was sent back to the grassland, it would have a great impact on the tribes in the surrounding grasslands. No matter how you look at it, the mere tens of thousands of taels of silver seems to be a good deal.

He gritted his teeth, and finally quoted a high price of 3 taels, which was already all the cash he could come up with so far.

But those people from Duoyan Sanwei were relentless, as if they were in conflict with him,
"3 taels of silver just to welcome the wolf god back to the grassland? You are dreaming, we will pay 4 taels!"

Now the big man was a little confused. He brought tens of thousands of taels of silver and thousands of various livestock to the Central Plains this time, but he had an extremely important mission.

At this time, the money was no longer enough. If he wanted to get the statue of the wolf god, he could only sell the livestock in his hand to raise money.

Weighing the pros and cons, he quickly weighed the value of the two in his mind.

Cattle, sheep, war horses, etc., there are plenty in the grassland, and if they are gone, they can be raised again, or go to other tribes to snatch them, but the statue of the wolf god is only one, if this opportunity is lost, there will be no chance again.

(End of this chapter)